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I would like to buy a set or wireless headphones that would not eliminate the sound from the TV when in use. Something that would allow me to crank the volume a bit on the headphones but keep the speakers lower.

I was looking at the MDRD S6500 - it has optical but I dont know if 1) the Yamaha has optical out and 2) if it would do what I want.

I was looking at the Sennheiser S170 but I was told those would either plug into the headphone jack and eliminate the speaker sound, or, plug into preamp with a latency problem.

The 3020 has Zone 2 Digital output(it is right on the spec page).If using the same source for both things at the same time, you get 2.0 pcm in both areas(all Zone 2 Digital AVR, which there aren't many, do that. You can't ask a DAC to decode the same source two ways).

If the headphones are plugged into digital output, doesnt it "take away" the sound from the speakers?No. Not using the headphone jack. or, does it send the sound to the speakers AND the digital out?Yes, cause, you aren't using the headphone jack.If I'm using Zone 1 for 1 room and zone 2 for another, can a digital wireless headphone work the way I want?Yes, cause it isn't the headphone jack.How does everyone handle having headphones and speakers?What is there to "handle"?The AVR couldn't care less what you connect the toslink to.

Sennheiser just got back and said that the headphones use the RCA jacks. If I use the RCA jacks and the speakers are wired, will the Yamaha play through both?Someone else said that the Yamaha will not use HDMI input and push it out through the RCA Audio jacks, true?